Ouray National Wildlife Refuge Bird Survey

[Diane_Penttila at fws dot gov]

Ouray National Wildlife Refuge
General Waterbird Survey
9/9/04

Not much water remains on the Refuge.
 We have been pumping into 2 units hoping to maintain some water in
at least those two for the fall.  The following birds were seen within
the survey route:

Canada geese        
          113
Mallard        
               
    31
Gadwall        
            73
Northern shoveler      
      18
American wigeon      
        1
Green-winged teal      
      63          

Cinnamon teal        
              2 
Teal        
               
    29
Wood duck        
              6
Ruddy duck        
              4
American coot        
            37
Pied-billed grebe      
        8        
  
Western Grebe        
              3
Great blue heron      
        5
Snowy egret        
              8
D.C. cormorant      
               
5
American white pelican    
        11
White-faced ibis      
        3   
Sandhill crane      
              11
Killdeer        
               
    13
American Avocet      
       6  
Lesser yellowlegs      
       9
Greater yellowlegs      
       1
Least sandpiper      
         9        
                 
     
Ring-billed gull      
              29
Turkey vulture      
               
 9  
American kestrel      
        9
Bald Eagle        
              1
Red-tailed hawk      
        1
Northern harrier      
               
2


Diane Penttila
Ouray NWR
Randlett, UT
(435)545-2522 x 223
diane_penttila@fws.gov